Sep 20 2010 @ 12:09

EWB's chapters kick off the school year in style!

As September kicks off, so too do EWB chapters. Over these past couple of weeks, as universities across the country have opened their doors back up to students, Engineers Without Borders’ student chapters have been gearing up for the year ahead.

EWB has 26 student chapters at universities across the country and 7 professional networks in major Canadian cities. These outstanding groups work hard to raise funds in support of EWB’s work in Africa, promote Fair Trade and other actions that Canadians can take to support development in Africa, teach elementary and high school students about important issues like water and food access, and increase their own awareness of important development issues.

In the past weeks, chapter members have been out at frosh week events, hosted barbeques, gave presentations in classes, and stood patiently at booths – all with the goal of showing new first year students the options they have to get involved and make a difference during their time at school.

Lauren Quan, one of the chapter co-presidents at the University of Calgary, is just one of EWB’s energetic leaders who has been working hard to inspire first year engineering students across the country.

“The thing I love about Frosh Week is getting the chance to speak with a bunch of people who are new and excited to be in university,” she shares. Lauren is now getting them excited about taking part in EWB!

At the university of Calgary alone, 330 engineering students and faculty engaged with EWB’s volunteers at an outreach booth.

Across the country first year engineering students have been participating in an EWB workshop titled “Solving Problems That Matter” – an inspiring presentation designed to inspire these future engineers to view the goals of their career as creating massive positive change in the world.

To learn more about what the chapter in your area is doing, visit our chapters listing page here.

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